Excellent report, Deanna! This ride sounds beautiful. Great job on a VERY tough course!!!
I have a number of friends who did the ride - I wonder if the woman you met who was training for Death Ride is one of them... Susie or Barb? I think they were about this pace.
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05-14-2007, 11:01 AM #1
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05-14-2007, 11:24 AM #2
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I have to re-learn how to attach the files. I think I may need to reduce them, I'll post them later. I promise.
The lady training for the Death Ride was Narja. She's worked with TNT in the past, but not this year."Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There's something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." -- Bill Nye
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05-14-2007, 12:14 PM #3
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Wow Deanna - amazing ride and great report!
How much climbing total was the route? And how long did it take for your vision to clear up?Keep calm and carry on...
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05-14-2007, 12:18 PM #4
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Deanna, just put your photos someplace like photobucket.com and you don't need to resize them. You just post the url with the little icon (the yellow sqaure with the mtns in it below the left facing arrow -- assuming your screen looks the same as mine).
Your photos will then be handy to share with friends, family and other forums.Frends know gud humors when dey is hear it. ~ Da Crockydiles of ZZE.
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05-14-2007, 12:21 PM #5
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The organizers say there is around 8,000 feet of climbing, but both my computer and my DH's show closer to 10K (9,750 on mine). My vision "improved" within half an hour after switching from contact to glasses, but it was about an hour before I felt it was completely back to normal.
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05-14-2007, 12:55 PM #6
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Okay, here's a link to the photobucket album. For some reason they are being shown in the reverse order that I listed loaded them, so if you view it as a slideshow, they will be in reverse order. As I mentioned, I wish I'd taken more pictures.
http://s195.photobucket.com/albums/z...cK/TUC%202007/"Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There's something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." -- Bill Nye
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05-14-2007, 01:07 PM #7
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Oh, wow. Seeing the road stretch out above. Just wow.
Those flowers and the redwoods. I need to do some riding over there one of these days.
Thanks for posting all those.
You know, you could have managed to look a bit worn and bedraggled there at the end.
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05-14-2007, 01:28 PM #8
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I can't even manage to hold that little patch up straight and I kept my sunglasses on because I was sure my eye's were pointing in different directions.
Originally Posted by SadieKate
You know, you could have managed to look a bit worn and bedraggled there at the end."Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There's something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." -- Bill Nye
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